THE REPTILES OF AUSTRALIA - TURTLES
AUSTRALIAN REPTILE PHOTOS AND INFORMATION
Covering Australian Snakes and Lizards, Crocodiles and Turtles
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Common Name(Internal Links) |
Scientific Name
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Distribution(Distribution key and map at bottom of page) |
Cann's Long-necked Turtle |
Chelodina canni (was C. novaeguineae canni and C. rankini)
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NT, Qld |
Broad-Shelled River Turtle |
Chelodina
expansa
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NSW, Qld, SA, Vic |
Sandstone Long-necked Turtle |
Chelodina kurrichalpongo |
NT, WA (distribution uncertain) |
*Kutchling's Long-necked Turtle
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Chelodina kutchlingi (Status Uncertain (synonymised) with Chelodina rugosa)
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WA |
Eastern Snake-necked Turtle or Common Long-necked Tortoise |
Chelodina longicollis
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NSW, ACT, Qld, SA, Vic
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*Oblong Turtle or Narrow-breasted Snake-necked Turtle |
*Chelodina oblonga (previously known as C. colliei for a while)
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South-western WA |
* Northern Long-necked Turtle |
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Chelodina rugosa rugosa (previously called C. oblonga for a while)
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NT?, WA?
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*
Snake-necked Turtle
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*Chelodina rugosa intergularis
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NT,Qld?,WA? (Distribution to be confirmed) |
*
Siebenrock’s Snake-necked Turtle SUBSPECIES
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*Chelodina rugosa siebenrocki
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Papua New Guinea and the Torres Strait Islands Qld?, (Distribution to be confirmed) |
Flat-shelled Turtle |
Chelodina steindachneri
|
WA |
New Guinea Long-necked Turtle |
Chelodina novaeguineae
|
NT, Qld |
Sandstone Long-necked Turtle |
Chelodina
walloyarrina
|
NT, WA (distribution uncertain) |
Southern Snapping Turtle or White-throated Snapping Turtle |
Elseya albagula
|
Qld |
Northern Snapping Turtle |
Elseya dentata (=jukesi) |
NT, Qld, WA |
Yellow-headed Snapping Turtle |
Elseya irwini (=stirlingi) |
Qld |
*Gulf Snapping Turtle (Probably Extinct) |
Elseya lavarackorum is only known from fossils - live specimens previously known by this name are now called Elseya oneiros |
Gulf of Carpentaria NT, Qld |
Mary River Turtle |
Elusor macrurus |
Qld |
*Gulf Snapping Turtle |
Elseya oneiros was previously known as Elseya lavarackorum which is only known from fossils |
Gulf of Carpentaria NT, Qld |
*
Cooper Creek Turtle
|
(Proposed new name Emydura emmotti) (Status Uncertain) |
SA, Qld (Lake Eyre Basin) |
*Hunter River Turtle
|
Emydura
macquarii
gunabarra
|
NSW (Hunter River) |
*
Macquarie Turtle or Common Short-necked Turtle
|
Emydura macquarii macquarii (Proposed new name Emydura macquarii) (Status Uncertain) |
NSW, ACT, SA, Vic |
*
Krefft's River Turtle
|
Emydura macquarii krefftii
|
(Central coastal Qld) |
*
Brisbane Short-necked Turtle or Brisbane River Turtle
|
Emydura macquarii signata
|
Qld (SE Qld ), NE NSW? |
*
Krefft's River Turtle
|
Emydura macquarii krefftii
|
(NE Qld) |
*
Fraser Island Short-neck Turtle
|
Emydura macquarii nigra
|
Qld (Fraser Island) |
*Jardine River Short-necked Turtle |
Emydura subglobosa angkibaanya |
Cape York Peninsula, Qld |
*Red-bellied Short-necked Turtle |
Emydura subglobosa subglobosa |
South Papua New Guinea |
Worrell's Short-necked Turtle (or Diamond Head Turtle) |
Emydura subglobosa worrelli |
NT, Qld |
Northern Yellow-faced Turtle |
Emydura tanybaraga |
NT, Qld |
Northern Red-faced Turtle and North-West Red-faced Turtle |
Emydura victoriae (includes turtles previously known as Emydura australis) |
NT, WA |
* Manning River Helmeted Turtle or Purvis' Turtle |
Flaviemys (was Myuchelys, Wollumbinia & Elseya) purvisi |
(Manning River area) NSW |
Western Swamp Turtle |
Pseudemydura umbrina |
WA |
Fitzroy River Turtle |
Rheodytes leukops |
Qld |
*Namoi River Snapping Turtle or Bell's Turtle |
Wollumbinia (was Myuchelys) bellii |
NSW |
* Bellinger River Snapping Turtle or Georges' Turtle |
Wollumbinia (was Myuchelys) georgesi |
NSW (Bellinger River) |
*Saw-Shelled Turtle |
Wollumbinia (was Myuchelys)
|
NSW, NT, Qld |
PIG NOSED TURTLES
Family:Carettochelydidae
Common Name |
Scientific Name
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Distribution
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Pig Nosed or Pitted-Shelled Turtle |
Carettochelys insculpta |
NT, (New Guinea) |
Common Name |
Scientific Name
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Distribution
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Pacific Loggerhead Turtle |
Caretta caretta gigas |
(All States) |
Pacific Green Turtle |
Chelonia mydas japonica |
(All States) |
Hawksbill Turtle |
Eretmochelys imbricata bissa |
(NSW, NT, Qld, Tas, Vic) |
Pacific (or Olive) Ridley Turtle |
Lepidochelys olivacea |
(NT, Qld?, WA, Vic, SA) |
Flatback Turtle |
Natator depressus (was Chelonia depressa) |
(NSW, NT, Qld, WA) |
Leathery or Luth Turtle |
Dermochelys coriacea |
(All States) |
Common Name |
Scientific Name
|
Distribution
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Leathery or Luth Turtle |
Dermochelys coriacea |
(All States) |
Common Name(Internal Links) |
Scientific Name
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Distribution(Distribution key and map at bottom of page) |
* Red-eared Slider - INTRODUCED |
Trachemys scripta elegans |
ACT?, NSW, Qld (From USA, introduced into many countries) |
* Western Pond Turtle - INTRODUCED |
Actinemys (was Clemmys) marmorata |
NSW (Sydney Area) (From USA) |
Common Name
|
Scientific Name
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Distribution
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*Chinese Stripe-necked Turtle - INTRODUCED - protected by the CITES and IUCN |
Mauremys sinensis |
Toowoomba area Qld (native to South East Asia) - (this species may not be breeding in the wild in Australia) |
CI = Christmas Island |
CKI = Cocos (Keeling) Island |
NSW = New South Wales |
NT = Northern Territory |
Qld = Queensland
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SA = South Australia |
Tas = Tasmania |
Vic = Victoria |
WA = Western Australia |
NI = Norfolk Island |
LHI = Lord Howe Island |
ACT = Australian Capital Territory
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